Rescuers in Japan are racing against time in their search for survivors of the New Year’s Day earthquake, as a critical three-day window has now shut. At least 82 people were killed when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the remote Noto peninsula on Monday at 16:10 local time (07:10 GMT). Many people are thought to
The UK’s Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton are among high-profile figures named in US court papers detailing connections of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The newly-released records form part of a case against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s girlfriend who has been jailed for helping him abuse girls. But the documents so far unveil no major new
The conflict in Ukraine is about to enter its third calendar year. The front lines have hardly moved in the last few months but could the course of the war change in 2024? President Volodomyr Zelensky has admitted his country’s spring offensive has not been the success he hoped. Russia still controls about 18% of
Maine’s chief election official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, has made a decision that prevents Donald Trump from running for president in the state next year. This ruling is based on a constitutional insurrection clause and is a result of Mr. Trump’s actions leading up to the US Capitol riot in 2021. Maine now joins
The world’s largest shipping group, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has announced it is diverting its ships away from the Red Sea because of an increased threat of attacks. French company CMA CGM took a similar step a day after Danish shipping giant Maersk and German transport company Hapag-Lloyd suspended Red Sea journeys. The decision comes
Near-record levels of rainfall have caused life-threatening flooding in the Australian state of Queensland, authorities say. Thousands of people in the north of the state have been urged to move to higher ground. In Cairns authorities said there was major flooding in the city’s suburbs and the airport was shut. One meteorologist said some areas
British teenager Alex Batty, who was found in France after being missing for six years, has returned to the UK, Greater Manchester Police has said. Alex, his mother and grandfather all vanished in 2017 while they were on holiday in Spain. His mother does not have parental guardianship of the 17-year-old and her current whereabouts
When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer of 1969, he was flying to a different world. He grew up in a fishing village surrounded by sugarcane fields. He had attended university in Taiwan’s capital Taipei, then a city of dusty streets and grey apartment buildings where people rarely
Three stonemasons have died after a section of the historic walls around the Old City of Kairouan in Tunisia collapsed on Saturday. Officials say a 30m section of the wall near the Gate of the Floggers crashed to the ground. Two others were also injured in the accident and are said to have suffered fractures
More than 60 migrants are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Citing survivors, the UN agency said on Saturday the vessel left the city of Zuwara with around 86 people on board. It said high waves swamped the boat and that 61
